Maxey House Book Club
Schedule
Tue Apr 23 2024 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
Location
Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site | Paris, TX
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Join us as we continue the Maxey House Book Club! Every month, we will get together at the Maxey House and discuss a different book. April's book club meeting will be on Tuesday, April 23 at 6:00 pm. We will be reading News of the World by Paulette Jiles.The book was turned into a very good movie adaptation starring Tom Hanks. Check out the trailer here:
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Summary from Amazon:
It is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence.
In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna’s parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows.
Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act “civilized.” Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forging a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land.
Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember—strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become—in the eyes of the law—a kidnapper himself. Exquisitely rendered and morally complex, News of the World is a brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.
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Please note that it is up to the book club participants to find their own copies of the books/works to read. While reading the books/works is not required, it is suggested in order to best participate in the discussions.
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Where is it happening?
Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site, 812 S Church St, Paris, TX 75460-7112, United States,Paris, TexasEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
